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What are your favorite hip hop songs pre 2000.

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How Do You Want It - Tupac

Nothing But a G Thing - Snoop and Dre

 

Good ones! :thumb:

Brooklyn's Finest -- Jay-Z

Dead Presidents -- Jay-Z

N.Y. State of Mind -- Nas

The World is Yours -- Nas

 

And just about everything else off of Reasonable Doubt and Illmatic.

E.U. "Da Butt"

Whodini: "Freaks Come Out at Night" and "Five Minutes of Funk"

Run DMC "You talk too much"

 

Nice!

Ghetto Boys - My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me

 

Too Short - Life Is Too Short

 

Sir Mix-A-Lot - My Posse's on Broadway

"Boys In Da Hood" - Eazy E - Can gangsta rap get any more gangsta than this?

 

Yes. NWA did so on the tune "100 Miles And Running," which is one of the most intense, angriest songs I've ever heard in any genre.

 

Some of my other faves (all from 1990 or prior) include:

 

"Planet Rock" by Afrikka Bambaata and the Soulsonic Force

"Rock Box" by Run DMC

"Wild Wild West" by Kool Moe Dee

"I Can't Live Without My Radio" by LL Cool J

"The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow

"I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B and Rakim

"The Show/La Di Da Di" by Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh with the Get Fresh Crew

"The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

"Roxanne Roxanne" by UTFO

"A Fly Girl" by The Boogie Boys

"Fat Boys" by The Fat Boys

"I Ain't Trippin'" by Too Short

"Five Minutes Of Funk" by Whodini

"Lookin' Down The Barrel Of A Gun" by Beastie Boys

"Scarface" by Geto Boys

Brooklyn Queens-3rd Base

Mama said knock you out-LLCoolJ

How you like me now?-Kool Moe Dee--dis of LLCoolJ

Wild Wild West-Kool Moe Dee

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Yes. NWA did so on the tune "100 Miles And Running," which is one of the most intense, angriest songs I've ever heard in any genre.

 

Some of my other faves (all from 1990 or prior) include:

 

"Planet Rock" by Afrikka Bambaata and the Soulsonic Force

"Rock Box" by Run DMC

"Wild Wild West" by Kool Moe Dee

"I Can't Live Without My Radio" by LL Cool J

"The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow

"I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B and Rakim

"The Show/La Di Da Di" by Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh with the Get Fresh Crew

"The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

"Roxanne Roxanne" by UTFO

"A Fly Girl" by The Boogie Boys

"Fat Boys" by The Fat Boys

"I Ain't Trippin'" by Too Short

"Five Minutes Of Funk" by Whodini

"Lookin' Down The Barrel Of A Gun" by Beastie Boys

"Scarface" by Geto Boys

As usual you give me a list of stuff I need to search out. As have several other posters in this thread. Thanks guys, always looking for new stuff.

 

Jim,

Do you listen to much rap from the '90's? Such as Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, OutKast, or The Roots?

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Yes. NWA did so on the tune "100 Miles And Running," which is one of the most intense, angriest songs I've ever heard in any genre.
What album is that on? You have to remember that with my age a lot of the pre '90's rap pre-dates my listening to rap. In the past I haven't actively searched out much but lately I've found that it's the genre I've been most interested in.
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Brooklyn Queens-3rd Base

Mama said knock you out-LLCoolJ

How you like me now?-Kool Moe Dee--dis of LLCoolJ

Wild Wild West-Kool Moe Dee

This is bad...but I've never heard of Kool Moe Dee. It seems I've heard his name referenced in some later rap songs.

In addition to many listed above that I enjoy:

 

Breakin 2 - Electric Boogaloo was a great album.

The Humpty Dance

Life Is, Too Short - I always enjoyed the part about Nancy Regan.

I Need Love - LL Cool J

This is bad...but I've never heard of Kool Moe Dee. It seems I've heard his name referenced in some later rap songs.

He was one of my favorites.

 

 

I'm just going to assume these are pre 2000, as I recall listening to them in the 6th-7th grade...:lol:

 

"Lookin at Me"

"Victory"

 

Coolio - Gangsters Paradise

 

"Big Poppa"

 

Jay Z "The City is Mine"

As usual you give me a list of stuff I need to search out. As have several other posters in this thread. Thanks guys, always looking for new stuff.

 

Jim,

Do you listen to much rap from the '90's? Such as Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, OutKast, or The Roots?

 

I also need to add "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos" by Public Enemy, "Express Yourself" by NWA and "You Gots To Chill" by EPMD to my earlier list.

 

I drifted away from hip-hop in the early '90s, but still enjoyed Tupac, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Wu-Tang, Tribe Called Quest. I've been backtracking and buying some Outkast lately, and also want to re-explore Biggie and Jay-Z.

 

What album is that on? You have to remember that with my age a lot of the pre '90's rap pre-dates my listening to rap. In the past I haven't actively searched out much but lately I've found that it's the genre I've been most interested in.

 

"100 Miles And Running" originally came out as a EP with a couple other songs on it. It was released in between the "Straight Outta Compton" and "Efil4zaggin" albums, and later re-issues of "Efil4zaggin" had the songs from the EP on it. It also appears on the NWA Greatest Hits compilation.

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